Building construction



Dec. 27,1932. w. H. ADAMS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Original Filed June 26. 1929 INVENTOR WILLIAM H ADAMS- m yw ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES WILLIAM HUNTINGTON ADAMS, oFNoRwALK. oormnorlou'r BUILDING oonsrnuorron Application filed June 26,1929, Serial $0,373,763. Renewed May a, 1932.

This invention relates to building constructions, and particularly to walls, partitions, screens and the like, and has forfits main object the provision of awall, partition, or screen which can be easily and quickly assembled, and moreover, assembled in such a manner that it will stand normal usage without any defectiveness occurring therein. More specifically the object of the invention is to provide an improved wall or thelike made up of preformed section members adapted to be fitted together in interlocking engagement.

A still further object of the invention is the provision for a wall, screen or partition of sections of novel composite form adapted to be placed and. locked together by means of cementitious material.

Further objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawin and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Inthe accompanying drawing. Fig. 1 is a front elevation of two sections forming a wall or partition according to this invention; -Fig., 2 is a sectional View along. the lines IIII of Fig. 1 illustrating section members in appropriate .j uxtaposition.

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Fig. 4. is a front elevation of a modification of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a view taken along the line V-V of Fig. 4. i i

Fig. 6 is a' similar view to Fig. 5 showing a modified form, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a corner of one of the sections shown 40 in Figs. 46.

In the drawing like references indicate like parts.

In carrying my invention into efiiect in one convenient manner,'I form a wall, partition or screen of a number of section members one which may take the form of any composite structure, and in the particular case illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing, this takes the form of a cementitious member 1 i comprising a metal reinforcement 2 covered formation of the main reinforcing member F 1g. 3vis an exploded view of the grooved 'forcement for the sides of the-section memedge of a section forming a feature of the on either side by means of some cement',-concrete' which is preferably of cellularform, or

the like 3 whichitselfmay becov'ered on its outer side or'sides by means of afurt'her cementiiious material such as'a plaster 4} The reinforcement Q'may be of any suitable form such as a wire mesh, perforated sheet material'preferably of undulating form, and in the present instance comprises sheetqmaterial preferably made of sheet metal of fluted form which in cross section is of zig-zag for-' mation: this forms a key lockingarrange 'ment for the concrete or cement locatedon both sides thereof. I U 1 As shown in Fig. 2 each side of the section has a'central tongue or abutting portion 5 which is preferably strengthened or reinforced in any suitable manner, and in the present instance is reinforced by asuitable G In the particular instance shown, the edge of the reinforcing member of sheetmetal is cut at equal distance at right angles thereto and adjacent tags which I are thus formed are bent alternately upwardly as at 6 and downwardly as at 7 so that adjacenttags are at an angle to one another. It will thus be seen that this formation of the endsv of the metal reinforcement provides'a strong reinbers'l. 1 V H Theedges of the section on each sideofthe abutment 5 are so shaped so that when placed in their correct disposition with respect to-an adjacent section as shown in Fig. 2 a key joint' will be formed. "As shown in Fig, 2, a dove-tail arrangement is formed, but it will be obvicusthat the sides/of the key joint, or in other words, theedges of'the section'mem b'ers, maybe curved instead'ofplane' and may be suitablyshaped in any other manner so long as when the sections are positioned with their tongues 5 abutting one anothera key joint of some formwill be produced. .When constructing a wall or; partition by means of sectionsof the form indicated above, the sectionsa're placed adjacent to one another with their tongucsfitouching,asillus trated in Fig. 2,.and when so'placed together the intervening spaces are filledwith' somd 9.

. of vertical and horizontal supports 11 and cementitious material such as concrete which, when set, will obviously key the two sections together and will prevent any lateral displacement with respect to one another.

When it is desired to form inner facings of walls of houses and similar dwellings, I utilize a modification of my invention illustrated in one form in Figs. 4-7 in which is shown a slab or section which may be formed of a block of any cementitious material such as a light cellular concrete backed by means of reinforcement preferably comprising a metal sheet of a form as previously described.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the cement is indicated by 3 and the reinforcement comprising sheet metal is shown at 2. At the upper edges of the block the sheet metal is bent over the top edge and is then out along lines at right angles to the edge so as to form a set of tongues in the manner previously indicated in Fig. 3 and these are bent inwardly so as to project into the body of the concrete at varying angles as shown in section in Fig. 5, and in this manner. the block is reinforced on that particular partwhere it is most likely to be chipped or broken oil'. As will be seen from this figure, the upper edge of the block is shaped in such a manner as to form with the corresponding block, a key or dove-tail which is filled in with a binder 9 when the blocks are placed in their correct positions, and in this manner the whole of the side of the room or building may be covered effectively and in the simplest manner possible.

The wall framing usually takes the form 12, and to these the slabs of reinforced material are attached in any suitable manner, as for example by nails l3and when properly positioned and fixed the keying material 9 is forced in and allowed to set; the back of the blocks may be covered with a plaster or the like in known manner.

In a modification the sheet metal may be lapped over into part of the dove-tail formation and bent inwardly in the manner prea light cellular concrete as being the preferred constituent material I wish it to be understood that any cementitious material may be utilized both for the blocks and the keying. The reinforcement of the projecting portions of the slabs may, for instance, be obtained by punching out the tags or by punching perforations along the edges of the sheet metal to secure a binding of the material to the sheet, these perforations being of any suitable shape. I may, for instance, cut out completely, alternate tags in the construction described above.

Such and similar modifications of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, the invention being set out in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. 'A sectional block comprising a mass of cementitious material reinforced by sheet metal and having at least two of its edges formed with a projecting tongue adapted to form one half of a joint with a similar block the edges of said sheet metal being split and angularly disposed to reinforce said tongue.

2. A sectional block comprising a mass of cementitious material and a reinforcement of fluted metal sheet attached thereto said block having edges adapted to form one half of a key joint the adjacent edges of said sheet being cut into aplurality of tags, adjacent tags being angularly disposed and located within said edges.

3. A sectional block comprising a mass of cementitious material and a fluted metal sheet embedded therein the edges of said block being shaped and adapted to. form one half of a dove-tail joint the edges of said sheet within said block and adjacent the edges thereof being cut to form a plurality of tags to reinforce said edges of; the block.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto. V V

WILLIAM HUNTINGTON ADAMS.

viously indicated in another part of the block,

this being more particularly shown in Fig. 6 whe re references 6 and 7 indicate the alternately bent tongues. v r

The side portions ofthe block are preferably formed in a similar manner as shown in perspective in Fig. 7 with the blocks adjacent thereto and so as to provide a dovetail effect it will be thus possible to obtain by means of blocks'of various sizes, a covering for the whole side of a wall as indicated in Fig. 4.

I do not wish to limit myself to the particularembodiments illustrated in the drawing for it is obvious that the section members may be curved or otherwise suitably shaped to suit requirements and, while I have indicated 

